Should Martell's Tiki Bar be sued after crash involving one of its patrons?The victim of a wrong-way crash is suing the bar where the driver who caused the crash had spent the day drinking. The crash killed the driver, Ashley Chieco, who was driving the wrong way on Route 18 South, and left the other driver, Dana S. Corrar, with "severe and permanent multiple bodily injuries" requiring long-term hospitalization. A friend drove Chieco to the beach that day and the two began consuming alcohol as early as 11 a.m. at Martell's Tiki Bar. Chieco left the bar as the friend paid their bill and stole a car that she confused for her own. Chieco's a blood-alcohol level was determined by a medical examiner to be over the legal limit for driving at the time of her death.

The suit against the bar seeks compensatory damages to cover the cost of Corrar's care as well as punitive damages. But some NJ.com users don't think the bar should be sued in this case. Commenters are debating the merits of the suit, and here are some of their comments.

If I drink alone at my house, then leave and cause the same accident, who is liable? That's right.. Me.... I don't think it should ever go beyond personal accountability, no matter where I am drinking.

I feel bad for the woman, I truly do, but she's wrong. The drunk driver STOLE A CAR and then DROVE DRUNK. What would the bar do? If she wasn't even driving her own car, they can't take her keys. If a patron wants to drink themselves into a stupor and doesn't have a car, then it's no place of the bar to tell them they're not allowed to.

Hey, I'm all for pesonal responsibility, but Martell's is on the hook for this one. They're serving screwdrivers at 11 a.m. and they let some drunk stagger out of the place. There are enough employees (bouncers/i.d. checkers/etc) milling around, so somone should have been in a position to stop her.

Come on people! Why is everyone always trying to pass the blame onto some one else. If you knowingly continue an action, no matter what it is, and the end result is you cause injury or worse to another party, you and only you should be held responsible. If not, then do away with bars, cars, boats, guns etc...etc. Personal accountability must prevail here!

Pertinent facts from the article, Ms Chieco was not driving, she arrived at the Tiki Bar with a friend who was the driver. While the friend was paying the bar tab, Ms Chieco managed to leave un noticed. Ms Chieco managed to steal an automobile from a nearby parking facility that was not owned by the Tiki Bar, is it the bars failure to realize that Ms Chieco would walk out and steal a car and drive around for two hours?

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